Nitazene - the super-strength opioid turning up in our party drugs
May 20, 2024•12 min•Season 5Ep. 232
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Episode description
A new drug has been detected in Australia that can be up to 25 times stronger than fentanyl – which is already stronger than heroin.
Introducing nitazene, an incredibly dangerous synthetic opioid that was linked to over 20 overdoses in western Sydney and was found in Canberra’s pill testing service for the first time over the weekend.
Professor Suzanne Nielsen, the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre, joins Simon Beaton to explain the dangers of nitazene which could be lacing your party drugs.
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